Leslie Bridgers is the features editor for the Portland Press Herald, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and culture. She spent 10 years as a reporter, half of that time for the Portland Press Herald, covering the western suburbs of Portland, writing feature stories and working on special projects. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2022
What makes a diner tip $10,000?
Servers spill their secrets about getting a big tip.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2022
Art review: Abstract art allowed Shiao-Ping Wang to break free from confines of identity
Her works are on display at Buoy Gallery in Kittery through Feb. 13.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2022
Best music of 2021: Playboi Carti, Grouper, Turnstile, Yasmin Williams and more
In our second pandemic year, our collective sense of frozen time began to thaw in drips and dribbles. Sometimes music helped get things gushing again: Bells were ringing, people were falling in and out of love, and the clock seemed to be ticking ahead. Other times, we were reminded that music is a temporal medium […]
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2022
‘Only Murders in the Building’ and other great shows you may have missed in 2021
We just wrapped up another tough and chaotic year, and it seems particularly important now to find joy wherever and however we can. If your self-care approach includes finding a funny, heartwarming or, even, appropriately dark TV show, you’re in the right place. Here are some of the hidden gems you may have missed amid […]
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2022
Best-Sellers: ‘The Lincoln Highway,’ ‘These Precious Days’
The current bestselling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2021
‘Sing 2’ may be an utterly unnecessary sequel, but who can resist singing animals?
Anyone up for an animated movie about talking animals? Make that singing animals (if autotune can be called singing.) Make that another movie about singing animals. Yes, “Sing 2” is here. No? Is everything OK? Seriously though: Matthew McConaughey? Reese Witherspoon? Seth MacFarlane? Scarlett Johansson? Nick Kroll? John C. Reilly? Taron Egerton? Tori Kelly? Did […]
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PublishedDecember 27, 2021
‘Licorice Pizza’ is as aimless as a dream, but with its own offbeat logic
Paul Thomas Anderson has made it his business – and our pleasure – to return to the San Fernando Valley, where he came of age in the 1970s and which has served as his creative muse for most of his career. Like Fellini’s Italy or Scorsese’s New York, Anderson’s Los Angeles is rarefied yet strangely […]
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PublishedDecember 27, 2021
Tap Lines: A look back at the best beer-drinking of 2021
The year’s most memorable sips, styles and spots for enjoying Maine beer.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2021
Indie Film: Summers working at Funtown inspire web series
The concept for ‘Poseidon’s Gate’ came from Nick Salve’s experiences at the Saco amusement park.
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PublishedDecember 26, 2021
Maine Food A to Z: Our annual roundup in 2021
What a year! We adapted, we quit in droves, we begged for common courtesy, we mourned the loss of an iconic factory. And so much more.
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